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Responding to the global flowering of commitment to environmental issues, this handbook shows activists and citizens how to pressure governments and businesses to create a framework for large and rapid reductions in greenhouse gas emissions. With examples of climate-action movements in the United States, the UK, and Australia, this manual draws inspiration from these successes. In presenting these positive case studies of grassroots social movements that brought about change, the guide refutes the myths disseminated by vested interests and the greenhouse mafia who are trying to undermine effective action.
About the author
Mark Diesendorf is deputy director of the Institute of Environmental Studies at the University of New South Wales. He is a former president of the original Australasian Wind Energy Association, coordinator of the Australian Conservation Foundation's Climate Change Program, and president of the Australia New Zealand Society for Ecological Economics. He is the author of "Greenhouse Solutions with Sustainable Energy."
Summary
Climate Action is a campaign manual that draws upon positive case studies of successful grass-roots social movements from the last few decades, and presents a menu of strategies for activists and citizens who want to pressure governments and businesses to create a framework for big & rapid reductions in greenhouse gas emissions.
